Life of the empress Josephine : wife of Napoleon I.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartley, Cecil B.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks.

Alta edition

Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814.

Josephine.

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Marriage.

Napoleon.

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.

Marriage.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : portrait.

Manufacture:

(Caxton Press)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Porter & Coates, [1870]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Josephine : her birth and parentage

Arrest and imprisonment of the Viconte de Beauharnais

Beauharnais charged with conspiracy

The prison of the Carmelites

Josephine in the prison of the Carmelites

State of affairs after Robespierre's death

Commencement of Josephine's acquaintance with Napoleon

Residence of Josephine at Plombieres

State of France on Napoleon's return from Egypt

Residence at Malmaison

Josephine and Napoleon leave Boulogne, journeying through Picardy

Excursion of Josephine to the Netherlands

Preparations for the coronation

Death of Napoleon Charles, the destined heir of Napoleon

Napoleon's ambition

Grand dinner at the mayor of Evreux

Josephine's pursuits at Navarre.

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the Ida Rust MacPherson Collection, Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College.

Local Notes:

Scanned copy imperfect: some pages closely cropped with loss of text.

OCLC:

298053974

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.